Bilaal Rajan

Male, Person

1996 –

68

Who is Bilaal Rajan?

Bilaal Rajan is a fundraiser, motivational speaker, author, United Nations Children's Fund Canada’s child ambassador, and founder of the Making Change Now organization.

Rajan began fundraising when he was four years old, selling clementines door-to-door in his neighborhood to raise C$350 in funds for the victims of the earthquakes in the Gujarat province of India in 2001. He later sold handmade plastic plates to raise $1,200 for HIV/Aids orphans, sold cookie boxes to raise over $6,000 for the affected people and children of Hurricane-devastated Haiti, raised $50,000 for the victims of the tsunami in south-east Asia, and more than $50,000 for the World Partnership Walk.

In 2004, Rajan launched the Canada Kids Earthquake Challenge for UNICEF, raising the total funds for tsunami relief to around $1.8 million. To date, he has helped raise over $5 million for various causes, and since March 2005 is an official ambassador for UNICEF.

Rajan visited Tanzania in July 2007 to bring awareness and education of HIV/AIDS to their communities. As a participant of Governor General Michaëlle Jean's Order of Canada Mentorship Program, he visited Ecuador in August 2008 to help build a primary school. Two months later, Rajan published Making Change: Tips from an Underage Overachiever.

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Born
Sep 7, 1996
Toronto

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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